Cajun Seasoning
The word Cajun refers to an ethnic group that lives in Louisiana and who have become pretty popular for their cuisine. These people descend from the Acadians and the word Cajun is another variant of Acadian. Cajun cuisine relies heavily on some methods of cooking like barbequing, boiling, frying and deep frying beside others. Like any other specific traditional food, Cajun food uses its own ingredients, its own methods and its own Cajun seasoning.
Today people have started using various seasoning mixes in order to expand the range of flavors added to their food. The Cajun seasoning mixes rely a lot on bay leaves, bell peppers and black peppers, on celery, garlic, onion and parsley, on sugarcane and thyme. The Cajun seasoning mixes can be very helpful in boosting taste for sauces and seafood.
Other recipes of Cajun seasoning are designed so that they can go with any kind of food you might be interested in cooking whether you are a Cajun cook or not. This type of seasoning is called all-purpose Cajun seasoning and it can also be found in supermarkets. Usually it is recommended that you use one teaspoon per pound of meat and you can use this seasoning with fish, chicken wings, steaks chops and ribs, and so on. It also works great in combination with vegetables and eggs.
Cajun seasoning also varies in terms of hotness. It can come as hot, mild hot or not hot at all. The hottest Cajun seasoning you can get is the one called extra hot and it relies on jalepeno powder to render that spicy, burning taste onto our tongue.
People who look more after their diet and avoid using salt in it can also use Cajun seasoning mixes. There is a certain variety called salt free Cajun mix which can help your food get the flavor you like so much without putting your health in danger.
For those who try their Cajun food for the first time, they should be warned that this food is pretty hot especially if the Cajun seasoning used in cooking contains hot ingredients. Throughout the years the Cajun seasoning mixes have also borrowed many influences from other cuisines like the Indian, the Spanish, the French, the African, and so on. Despite this, the Cajun mixes are very much looked for in terms of cooking because it seems to add a very nice touch of blending flavors to the food.